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and worship at the church and participated in an evangelistic evening in the center of the city.
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS Dr. Lorene Heuvelman-Hutchinson (Interdisciplinary Studies B.S. Department) was accepted into the University of Massachusetts Lowell program to become a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). Tis program will result in a certification to assist individuals with autism and their families. Heuvelman-Hutchin- son maintains her private practice in Simpsonville, SC, and works as both a school psychologist and licensed counselor.
GRADUATE SCHOOL NGU’s T. Walter Brashier Graduate School has entered into a con- ditional admissions agreement with Agape English Language Institute (Agape). Agape is an international institute providing English language education to international students. Te agreement’s purpose is to streamline the admissions process into programs at NGU; it will provide applicant referrals who are suitable and qualified candidates to attend NGU’s traditional undergraduate and onsite graduate programs offered at NGU’s Tim Brashier Campus in Greer, SC. NGU will consider a student to have met English proficiency requirements when the student presents an official Agape Certificate of Completion indicating satisfac- tory achievement. Completion of Agape Proficient English Level 6 is required for graduate students and High Advanced English Level 5 for undergraduate students.
NGU’s T. Walter Brashier Graduate School held a ceremo- nial unveiling of the new street name leading from Poinsett Street to the school’s Tim Brashier Campus at Greer on Friday, July 20. Te street, formerly Ryan's Corp Drive, is now named Walter Brashier Drive in honor of Dr. T. Walter Brashier, the graduate school’s namesake. In addition to the unveiling, Fant announced that Brashier has allowed the university to expand the Martin Timothy Brashier Scholars Program, announced last year, to include all programs offered at Greer except the physician assistant (PA) medicine degree.
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Dr. Tawana Scott was a participant in Class 38 of Leadership Greer, a 9-month leadership class sponsored by the Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce. Her class funded a service project for the betterment of the Greer community, raising over $71,000 to install more than 40 auto- mated external defibrillators (AED) and public emergency response kits in the Greer area, including two units to be placed inside NGU’s Tim Brashier Campus. Te amount raised doubled the class’ original goal.
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF CHRISTIAN MINISTRY Dr. Bill Cashion led a mission team of 14 to Villareal, Costa Rica, in July. In addition to Cashion, the team included Beverly Hawkins (’83, MCM ’17), former trustee at NGU; Pastor Windell Rodgers (’09, MCM ’12), a new student in the Doctor of Ministry program at NGU; recent graduate Morgan Bryant (’18); current student Emily Epps (expected ’22); and members of local churches in the area.
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Te mission team, in cooperation with Costa Rican believers, saw 190 people make commitments to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, fitted 200 people with reading glasses, donated 500 pairs of glasses to a Costa Rica Prison Ministry, and left 600 pairs of eye glasses for use in eye clinics in the local churches. In addition, the team conducted door-to-door evangelism, led VBS for children in two communities, and led worship services in two churches. Te women on the mission team also led a discipleship conference for Costa Rican women. One of the unexpected opportunities during the week was ministry to several Nic- araguan families who had fled their country because of recent violence and economic crisis in the country.
Dr. Matt Wireman led a 2-week ministry trip to Kenya, where he was able to train approximately 1,000 pastors, church leaders, and laypeople on various topics, includ- ing Bible study, hermeneutics, and more.
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCE Te Master of Medical Science program recently returned from their first of many medical mission trips to Nicaragua. Tis medical mission trip is an international Family Medicine III clerkship option offered to NGU’s physician assistant (PA) medicine students during their clinical year. Te team traveled to three separate villages and was able to treat approximately 250 patients throughout the week. Tey focused on acute illnesses and preventative care. Te team also gave out hygiene bags, clothing, and toys throughout the week. NGU’s mission team partnered with Chosen Children Ministries, a faith-based nonprofit that seeks to make Christ known by transforming communities in Nicaragua.
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MUSIC EDUCATION Dr. Marianne Holland is retiring after 50 years of dedicated service to the South Carolina Music Educa- tors Association, where she has served on the board of directors and worked to improve the quality of music education in South Carolina.
LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NGU’s Leadership and Professional Development and the Upstate Hispanic Bible Institute recently announced a partnership to provide a quality theological education within the Hispanic context, with the primary purpose of forming Christian leaders to serve Hispanic Baptist churches. At the institute’s graduation ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 11, at Edwards Road Baptist in Greenville, SC, Dr. J.A. Delgado, director of the institute, announced that the organization, originally founded in 2008 in cooperation with Taylors First Baptist Church (TFBC), will now partner with NGU.
TFBC, the Baptist Convention of South Carolina, and other churches have worked with the Upstate Hispanic Bible Institute to award 55 first and second certificates in biblical and ministerial studies to date. NGU’s goal is to see many of the institute’s graduates become students in the university’s Christian ministries programs, which range from certificates and bachelor’s degrees to master’s and even doctoral degrees.
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